Models for the redox active site in galactose oxidase

MM Whittaker, YY Chuang…

Index: Whittaker, Mei M.; Chuang, Yao-Yuan; Whittaker, James W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 22 p. 10029 - 10035

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Abstract

Abstract: Modeling approaches have been used to develop insight into the nature of the redox active site of the freeradical-containing copper metalloenzyme galactose oxidase. The optical spectrum of the free radical generated by low-temperature UV irradiation of (methy1thio) cresol is nearly identical to that observed for the free-radical site in metal-free apo galactose oxidase, supporting the assignment of the protein radical to a novel ...